Advice on Rings...

[DraenorGauss]

I'm working (tanking) my way up to Kara through the standard BC instances. Haven't done any heroics yet.

I have 2x:

Iron Band of the Unbreakable
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=27436

I just turned in 50 spirit shards and got this (didn't know what else to do with them?):

Seal of the Exorcist
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28555

The Iron Band has more defense, but the Seal of the Exorcist has resilience. With 2x Iron Band, total defense is >490, whereas with the Seal of the Exorcist total defense is 486.

Which one is better as I make my way up to kara? Does it matter?

Thanks,

http://armory.worldofwarcraft.com/chara ... or&n=Gauss

[Maranus]

the seal of the exorcist would probably serve you better as you improve your gear in 5mans, so long as you're uncrittable by whatever is hitting you.

[Calindae]

Seal of exorcist I guess, but you could get a better ring, and you don't really need the spell damage/hit if you got a decent wepon (such as CB). I'd try and get the ring out of Arcatraz ( http://www.wowhead.com/?item=28407#M0z ) or maybe Andormu's Tear if you're low on avoidance (no stamina, but lots of avoidance for uncrushability.)

[Enkindu]

Not to pull away from this man's (old) question, but where do we go for tanking rings past uncrushablity?

I have Andormu's tear, and Elementium band of the sentry?

are the rings with Stam/armor and straight +def better overall then these 2 rings that give boosts the block/dodge parry?

Is there a set itemization progression for tanking rings that I missed?

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-shee ... &n=Enkindu

^Current armory.

[adese]

I would suggest trying to upgrade Andormu's Tear as soon as you can. While it is a great rink for getting uncrushable, its lack of stats make it worse than some other rings.

Based on your armory, I have your avoidance w/ HS up at 113%. Given that you only need 102.4%, that's a lot of extra avoidance. While avoidance isn't bad, per se, at the same time you could put that extra avoidance to good use else where (such as increasing your stamina/armor).

Personally, I'm a big fan of the Voilet Eye rep tanking ring. At exalted especially, that is a great ring - lots of armor and stamina. I used that and Elementium Band of the Sentry for a long time (until last night, when I got the ring from Aran).

I try to keep my avoidance as close to 102.4% as possible. This allows me to increase my health more, since that is a weakness of ours. I do keep gear around that gives me more avoidance, but in general I try to stack stamina/armor over avoidance.

[Enkindu]

While what you said is true - however I was going for the golden baseline of at lest 20 percent base dodge - which with the violet signet and A'dal's ring from mag will drop me from 20 to 17 percent dodge x.x

should I just hold out for the tanking rings from TK trash and Tidewalker?
or just skip straight into Kara rep reward / a'dals?

(current armory is for aoe farming) x.x